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There's a Potato Salad Raising Thousands of Dollars on Kickstarter

Never underestimate the lengths people will go to for a delicious potato salad.

While most people use Kickstarter for million-dollar projects, like rebooting a classic TV show or funding their indie band's latest album, Zack Danger Brown had a humble, more savory goal in mind — to make a scrumptious potato salad.

The campaign, which started with the modest goal of $10 (a reasonable price for a quality side dish), began earlier last Thursday with about as little fanfare as potato salad itself.

"Someone asked if I’d ever made potato salad and I couldn’t say that I had. So I turned to Kickstarter to change that,” Brown told Buzzfeed.

Brown's Kickstarter began to skyrocket far beyond his original expectations. With a little less than a month still left to go, more than 1,500 backers have pledged a total of more than $20,000 to his campaign.

Perhaps it was irony, inspiration or just plain hunger that lead to its success. But whatever people's motivations, Brown has offered some rewards for the pledges of money, including allowing donors to choose "potato salad appropriate" ingredients, receive their own bites of the salad, "hang out" in the kitchen with him, and a pizza party for all those who donated toward his goal.

With (far) more than $10 in his pocket now, Brown has agreed to try two different recipes and reach out to a chef for assistance in creating his culinary masterpiece.

Brown's salad days will end on Aug. 2. Fans can become a part of potato salad history by visiting his Kickstarter page.

10 Weird Gadgets that Never Got Off the Ground

Convinced that you walk on streets of gold? Manufacturer Hammacher Schlemmer was all about it, too. Its metal-detecting sandals scanned the earth under your feet as you walked. The battery circled around your calf. But alas, they're no longer available.

The late 1990s brought a flurry of cellphone improvements meant to capitalize on your wristwatch. One was designed by Swatch. The whole Dick Tracy talk-into-your-arm bit seems a bit strange now, and apparently a lot of other folks thought so as well, even back then. (But, hey, it's water resistant!)

Stick this collar around your neck, up near your — the Bone Fone will play music right through your bones. However awful that sounds, in retrospect, the idea was pretty innovative. Your skeleton would resonate with rich fidelity and deliver a private aural experience like no other.

As if the moment weren't terrifying enough for a woman, now potential moms can sit down at a laptop and analyze their own urine. There's a note that goes with this one: Horizontal USB ports prevent "accidental moisture transference."

A sensor on the inside of your toilet lid plays the lavatory equivalent of elevator music into your WC. Your guests and housemates may never hear exactly what you're up to in there, but they may also wonder why smooth jazz is wafting out of the john.

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